I once believed in causes, too. Had my pointless point of view. Life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
BILLY JOELIt took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you’re gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true. When will you realize… Vienna waits for you.
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We all end in the ocean. We all start in the streams. We’re all carried along, by the river of dreams.
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I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
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I remember reading about how the decline of the steel industry had been affecting the Lehigh Valley, and I decided that’s what I was going to write the song about.
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She’s got a smile that heals me.
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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can’t we learn from all we’ve been through after two thousand years?
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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
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There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness.
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I had a melody and a rhythm and chords, but nothing to talk about.
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We’re on the verge of all things new.
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I am, as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
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I keep telling people: Don’t make me the poster boy for AA because I don’t know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
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